NOTE: there seems to be a mix up between 128 and 179 from the picture above and what I streaked out in the MIT lab. Strain "128" is the one that's more orange than yellow and that gives off white, yellow and red colonies and that's trp-. This strain was stored in my lab collection as <b>NY458. </b>

==Getting started==

==Getting started==

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**Works like a charm for yeast and bacteria. I imagine either type of cell would be fine for several days, maybe a week, before streaking on media, but I have never done that experiment.

**Works like a charm for yeast and bacteria. I imagine either type of cell would be fine for several days, maybe a week, before streaking on media, but I have never done that experiment.

Initial communication about strains with Leslie Mitchell in Jef's lab

The authors supposedly sent us the four strains shown in Figure 4. I got a copy of these four strains from one of the iGEM-ers when I arrived in the lab - they were labelled 039, 128, 179, and 201. I can't figure out where these names came from and he wasn't too sure either, but I have continued to use the names. When the strains arrive in your lab I will use these labels as well.

In any case, I can give you the following information (this will make more sense once you read through the methods of the paper):

The four strains in Figure 4 should have the following genotypes:

crtYB/I/E at URA3 - should be URA+ leu- trp-

crtYB/I/E at URA3; Extra crtI at LEU2 - should be URA+ LEU+ trp-

crtYB/I/E at URA3; tHMG1 at TRP - should be URA+ leu- TRP+

crtYB/I/E at URA3; Extra crtI at LEU2; tHMG1 at TRP - should be URA+ LEU+ TRP+

in reality the 4 strains in our lab have the following genotypes:

179: URA+ LEU+ trp-

128: URA+ leu- TRP+

201: URA+ LEU+ TRP+

039: URA+ LEU+ TRP+

So clearly something doesn't quite jive between what is in the figure and the genotypes of the strains we have in the lab. But in any case, we do know for sure that all 4 strains do indeed contain at least one copy of crtYB/I/E - they all PCR amplify using primers specific for these genes. I've also attached a figure with the colours of the four strains compared to CEN.PK.

Cheers,
Leslie
Note: CEN.PK strain is described here
NOTE: there seems to be a mix up between 128 and 179 from the picture above and what I streaked out in the MIT lab. Strain "128" is the one that's more orange than yellow and that gives off white, yellow and red colonies and that's trp-. This strain was stored in my lab collection as NY458.

Getting started

From Filter papers:

From Leslie:

Filter paper method - I just cut up filter paper into little squares, wrap them individually in tin foil, then autoclave.

When I want to send a strain, I resuspend a big scoop of cells in a small volume of media or water so I have a really dense 'culture', then spot ~50 uL onto the filter paper. re-wrap and send.

To wake it a strain, I would dump the inoculated filter paper onto the appropriate plate, move it around a little with a sterile stick, and then streak for isolates using the stick. I usually repackage the filter paper in the tin foil just in case something goes wrong with the plate.

Works like a charm for yeast and bacteria. I imagine either type of cell would be fine for several days, maybe a week, before streaking on media, but I have never done that experiment.